Boston subway

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The Boston subway, officially known as the MBTA or "the T," is one of the oldest public transit systems in the United States, serving the Greater Boston area with an extensive network of underground and surface rail lines.

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public transportation system ⓘ
rapid transit system ⓘ
beganOperation 1897 ⓘ
colorCodeSystem Blue Line is colored blue ⓘ
Green Line is colored green ⓘ
Orange Line is colored orange ⓘ
Red Line is colored red ⓘ
connectsWith Logan International Airport via Blue Line and Silver Line ⓘ
MBTA bus network ⓘ
MBTA commuter rail ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electrification overhead catenary on light rail lines ⓘ
third rail on heavy rail lines ⓘ
farePolicy distance-insensitive flat fare on subway lines ⓘ
fareSystem CharlieCard smart card ⓘ
CharlieTicket magnetic stripe ticket ⓘ
linked to: CharlieTicket
governingBody Massachusetts Department of Transportation oversight ⓘ
hasInterchangeStation Downtown Crossing ⓘ
Government Center ⓘ
North Station ⓘ
Park Street ⓘ
South Station ⓘ
hasLine Blue Line ⓘ
Green Line ⓘ
Mattapan Trolley ⓘ
Orange Line ⓘ
Red Line ⓘ
Silver Line (bus rapid transit) ⓘ
linked to: Silver Line
hasRollingStockType heavy rail subway cars ⓘ
light rail streetcars ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
modeOfTransport commuter rail connection ⓘ
light rail ⓘ
rapid transit ⓘ
nickname the T ⓘ
notableAs one of the oldest subway systems in the United States ⓘ
officialAbbreviation MBTA ⓘ
officialName Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ
linked to: MBTA
openedFirstSection Tremont Street Subway ⓘ
operator Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ
linked to: MBTA
owner Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts
primaryHub Downtown Boston ⓘ
safetyAuthority Federal Transit Administration oversight ⓘ
serves Greater Boston ⓘ
serviceArea Boston metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Greater Boston
serviceType surface rail ⓘ
underground rail ⓘ
trackGauge narrow gauge on some light rail segments historically ⓘ
standard gauge on heavy rail lines ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (103)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlie on the MTA → associatedLocation → Boston subway ⓘ
subject linked to: song "Charlie on the MTA"
CharlieTicket → fareMediaFor → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Davis → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
MBTA Orange Line bridge near Wellington → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Wellington station → partOfSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
subject linked to: Wellington Station (MBTA)
linked to: Boston subway
Wollaston station → servesSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Ashmont branch → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
The RIDE → complements → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Porter (MBTA station) → partOfSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Park Street → partOfSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Aquarium station (MBTA Blue Line) → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
MBTA Orange Line → system → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
MBTA Green Line → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
MBTA Blue Line → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Quincy Adams → fareSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
MBTA Commuter Rail network → connectsWith → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Ashmont → partOfSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Quincy Adams station → partOfSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Woodland station → fareZone → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Red Line (MBTA) → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
subject linked to: Red Line
linked to: Boston subway
Orange Line (MBTA) → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
subject linked to: Orange Line
linked to: Boston subway
Arlington station → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Boston urban core → servedBy → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Green Line (MBTA) → system → MBTA subway ⓘ
subject linked to: Green Line
linked to: Boston subway
Park Street station → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Boylston station → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Kenmore station → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Wellington station → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Kendall/MIT station → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
State station → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
MBTA Ashmont Branch → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
State Street station → partOfSystem → MBTA subway network ⓘ
subject linked to: State Street MBTA station
linked to: Boston subway
MBTA Mattapan High-Speed Line → partOf → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Symphony station → partOfSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Charlie → modeOfTransport → Boston subway ⓘ
Charlie → setting → Boston subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Butler station → partOfSystem → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
E → publicTransitSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Back Bay station → partOfSystem → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Fields Corner station → isInSystem → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Downtown Crossing station → fareSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Downtown Crossing station → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Lechmere → partOfSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Revere Beach station → system → MBTA subway system ⓘ
subject linked to: Revere Beach MBTA station
linked to: Boston subway
Central Avenue station → partOfNetwork → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Broadway–South Boston → system → MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
State → partOfSystem → MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
E Branch → system → Boston MBTA rapid transit system ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Suffolk Downs → partOf → Boston rapid transit network ⓘ
linked to: Boston subway
Wonderland station → isPartOf → Boston metropolitan transit network ⓘ
subject linked to: Wonderland MBTA station
linked to: Boston subway